Corsage holder



Oct. 31, 1967 S. I. TURNER ET AL CORSAGE HOLDER Filed Feb. 8, 1965 FIG. 3

' C. 0. RICHARD BY ATTO NEK United States Patent Ofiice 3,349,441 CORSAGE HOLDER Sally I. Turner, 1130 W. 8th St., Plainfield, NJ. 07063, and Charles D. Richard, Basking Ridge, N.J.; said Richard assignor to said Turner Filed Feb. 8, 1965, Ser. No. 430,936 10 Claims. (Cl. 24-6) This invention has reference to a corsage holder used for holding flowers generally worn on a persons wearing apparel.

The applicants are aware that corsage holders are well known, but such holders, in actual use, have been found to be utterly unsatisfactory because of their complexity of parts, of the inconvenience in locating and holding the corsage in the proper position onto the wearers apparel, added to the high cost of manufacture of the parts and the assembly of the latters.

The object of the present invention is the provision of a corsage holder which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and wherein the corsage is held in the proper position onto the apparel of the wearer in a positive manner, thereby avoiding the defects present in corsage holders heretofore used.

The novel features of the invention will appear from the following description and by the claims appended thereto, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is an assembly view of the corsage holder, in perspective, shown with a latch in the holder, in the operated position;

FIG. 2 is a partial front view of FIG. 1, also shown in perspective;

FIG. 3 is a top assembly view;

FIG. 4 is a side assembly view; and

FIG. 5 represents a strip which may be punched from a sheet of metallic material combining the elements forming the corsage holder.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, the corsage holder of the invention is formed out of a resilient metallic strip bent at its middle length portion on the lines X2 and X3 with the desired radius to form clamping elements A and B disposed in substantially parallel relation to each other.

The clamping element A, as shown, has an enlarged portion serving for receiving a correspondingly-shaped ornament, not shown, which may be of any desired de- Sign and which may be secured on the plate 10, or formed therein in any well known manner. The clamping element A has its free end coiled to serve as a bearing for a pivot 11 formed with a latch member 12 which may be punched with the strip at the end portion of the clamping element A and severed on line X-X1 prior to the bending of the strip.

The element B of the strip, with a tongue portion 13 adapted to selectively engage slots 14, 15 and 16 in the latch member 12, which slots may be in any number desired depending upon the size of the corsage placed between the elements A and B. The element B of the holder is formed with a pair of ears or lugs 17 and 18 bent at right angles to the plane surface of element B and these lugs are provided with drilled holes 19 and 20, FIG. 5, serving as bearings for receiving a shaft or pivot 21, FIGS. 1 and 4, on which a pin 22 is pivoted. Pin 22, which is in the form of a piano wire, is coiled in the manner of a tension spring at one end to form a bearing fitted over the pivot 21 with the end of the wire extending a small distance beyond the coil to the under-surface of element B so as to afford means for tensioning the pin 22, the opposite end of which is adapted to engage a hook 23 formed at the free end of latch member 12 with a springing action.

The clamping element B is formed with two parallel at its free end, is formed 3,349,441. Patented Oct. 31, 1967 rims, each formed with a row of saw-toothed-like projections 24, 25 disposed in vertical alignment with the parallel sides of plate 10 formed with clamping element A with which they co-operate for gripping the stems of the flowers comprised in the corsage when the elements A and B are placed in the locked position, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, such locked position may be effected as determined by the engagement of tongue 13 in any one of the slots 14, 15 and 16, as above mentioned.

In the use of the corsage holder of this invention, the latch member 12 is disengaged from the lug 13 at the free end of clamping element B and the pin 22 disengaged from the hook portion 23 of latch 12 when the corsage may be inserted between the parallel rows of teeth 24-25 formed with the clamping element B and the flat rectangular portion 10 formed with the clamping element A, after which the clamping elements A and B are pressed by the fingers toward each other to cause the rows of teeth 24 and 25 to sink into the stems of the flowers. The latch 12 is pivoted for engaging the lug 13 in any one of the openings 14, 15 and 16, as the case may be, thereby holding the corsage positively in the desired position, the holder may then be worn by inserting the pin 22 into the cloth of the wearer and slipping the pin in position into the hook 23 formed with the latch 12.

Corsage holders constructed according to this invention have been found to be of simple, inexpensive and of rugged construction, and effectively avoiding the defects present in the corsage holders heretofore used.

It is understood that minor changes may be made to the corsage holder of the invention as to the material used and size of the parts, without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. A holder for corsage use constructed of a strip of resilient material bent substantially at its middle length portion parallelly to each other to form clamping elements, a tongue-like member formed at one end of one of said clamping elements, a latch member pivoted at the free end of the other of said elements, said latch member having means adapted for selectively engaging said tongue member depending upon the size of the corsage, a pair of lug members formed with the first mentioned element bent to form bearings, a shaft supported by said bearings, a pin pivoted at one end on said shaft, said latch having a hook member formed therewith, said pin having its free end extending in position for engaging said hook member for securing the holder to a wearers apparel.

2. A corsage holder as in claim 1 wherein said other clamping element has enlarged side portions along a portion of its length.

3. A corsage holder as in claim 2 wherein said first mentioned clamping element has saw toothed projections disposed along the length thereof, said projections being substantially perpendicular to said other clamping element along a substantial portion of the enlarged side portions of its length.

4. A corsage holder as in claim 3 wherein the enlarged side portions of said other clamping element extend beyond said perpendicularly disposed toothed projections to aid in gripping and supporting the corsage.

5. A corsage holder as in claim 1 wherein said resilient material is metallic.

6. A corsage holder comprising a resilient strip bent to form clamping elements at least a portion of which are substantially parallel to each other, one of said clamping elements having a clamping position securing member at one end, another of said clamping elements having a pivoted latch member at its free end, said latch member having means for selectively engaging said position securing member in a plurality of positions depending upon the 0 size of the corsage, a pin engaging member located on said latch and a pin pivotally mounted on said one clamping element, said pin having its free end extending in position for engaging said pin engaging member for securing the holder to a wearers apparel.

7. A corsage holder as in claim 6 wherein said other clamping element has enlarged side portions along a portion of its length.

8. A corsage holder as in claim 7 wherein said first mentioned one clamping element has saw toothed projections disposed along the length thereof, said projections being substantially perpendicular to said other clamping element along a substantial portion of the enlarged side portions of its length.

9. A corsage holder as in claim 8 wherein the enlarged side portions of said other clamping element extend beyond said perpendicularly disposed toothed projections to aid in gripping and supporting the corsage.

10. A corsage holder as in claim 6 wherein said resilient strip is metallic.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 719,579 2/1903 Friesen. 1,072,903 9/1913 Bippart. 1,594,051 7/1926 DeMos. 1,370,014 8/1932 Laughton. 10 3,054,585 9/1962 Roberts et al. 2416X FOREIGN PATENTS 7,725 1886 Great Britain.

15 WILLIAM FELDMAN, Primary Examiner.

DONALD A. GRIFFIN, Examiner. 

6. A CORSAGE HOLDER COMPRISING A RESILIENT STRIP BENT TO FORM CLAMPING ELEMENTS AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, ONE OF SAID CLAMPING ELEMENTS HAVING A CLAMPING POSITION SECURING MEMBER AT ONE END, ANOTHER OF SAID CLAMPING ELEMENTS HAVING A PIVOTED LATCH MEMBER AT ITS FREE END, SAID LATCH MEMBER HAVING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ENGAGING SAID POSITION SECURING MEMBER IN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS DEPENDING UPON THE SIZE OF THE CORSAGE, A PIN ENGAGING MEMBER LOCATED ON SAID LATCH AND A PIN PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID ONE CLAMPING ELEMENT, SAID PIN HAVING ITS FREE END EXTENDING IN POSITION FOR ENGAGING SAID PIN ENGAGING MEMBER FOR SECURING THE HOLDER TO A WEARER''S APPAREL. 